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Illinois Tollway highlights AI, drones and real-time monitoring as safety priorities
Summary
Deputy Chief of Traffic and Incident Management Steve Magnus briefed the board on current and emerging technologies — including AI-driven traffic rerouting, tethered drones and integrated CAD systems — and urged continued board support to expand those tools.
Deputy Chief of Traffic and Incident Management Steve Magnus told the Illinois Tollway Board on May 20 that the agency is expanding its use of technology to speed incident detection and improve roadway safety.
Magnus described current tools — cameras, dynamic message signs (DMS), microwave vehicle detection sensors (MVDS), roadway weather stations (ARVIS), tethered drones, automated vehicle location and mobile CAD access — and said the Tollway integrates Waze data into its CAD system to push information to motorists. "These tools and systems are…
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